Plot twist: Sony buys Lionhead Studios

Probably because:

a) I had less than two hours of sleep

b) I'm in my second year and need to step it up

c) I had less than two hours of sleep

Maybe but created by Microsoft for simly closing the studio rather then restructuring.

People are going way to deep in this stuff.

Sony has been recruiting in Britain for some time now, and even other European studios are bound to have some vacancies. They're not doing this as a pr move, nor are they "saving" the industry. Nobody cares for the weird interpretations of boards such as these, except a small bit when it comes to brand perception of which this is an negligible part.

Lionhead is again listed on MS Studios sites.

Oh believe me it wasn't by choice - if I had my way I would get 8 hours every night. However I have to wake up at 5am every weekday for work before school, and today was the due date of a very important school presentation that was sandwiched in between several other important projects. This resulted in me staying up until ~4am and feeling very sorry for myself. Despite my lack of sleep everything worked out in the end though - thank Yeezus

That was a massive dickmove by the heads of Lionhead. Glad they're getting help though.

The company already went through a restructuring.  Without knowing the full details as always, internet forums just throw up a whole lot of crap in the air and hopes it sticks.

Same here m8

I'm sure they don't mind that it's good PR but there is no way they go to that much trouble just to impress the small number of gamers who know anything about it. It's more likely that they are interested in grabbing anyone with an impressive resume.

That being said, Lionhead of the last few years hasn't exactly been a top developer and it's also likely that Microsoft will attempt to keep the cream of the crop. This might not amount to much.